{"id":5928,"date":"2014-07-09T09:06:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T14:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2017-04-06T13:58:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:58:37","slug":"bass-of-the-week-david-stelter-jaunty-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-david-stelter-jaunty-5.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] David Stelter Jaunty 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week’s bass of the week answers the age old question of, what to do with a nice piece of quartersawn wenge?<\/p>\n

Builder David Stelter writes:<\/p>\n

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I wanted to try building a one-piece neck and I had some nice quartersawn wenge and a chunk of prima vera, so I made them into a bolt-on five string. The fingerboard and headplate are also wenge, and the whole neck is stained black. The head is a 15-degree tiltback with a hidden scarf joint, so the bulk of the head is three pieces of wood with a thin cap on top. There are two carbon fiber bars in the neck, and a one-way truss rod adjusted at the body. The body is two pieces joined down the middle, and the battery and electronics covers are also prima vera. Tuners and bridge are by Hipshot, pickups are EMG<\/a> P\/J set in the 40-size style running at 18v. Basic electronics, vol-vol-tone, and a Switchcraft locking jack. Frets are medium stainless with a zero fret, nut is a Graphtech trem nut. Dunlop strap locks. The body also got black stain, then sanded back so the stain just remained in the pores, giving it a reclaimed lumber\/weathered look. The neck and body are both finished in Osmo Polyx, a floor finish which has a wonderful satiny hard-wax feel. I really wanted a classic bolt-on P\/J sound from this bass and I got it! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well done, David!<\/p>\n

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